Chemotherapy for cancer patients who present late

British Medical Journal

Volumn 328, Issue 7453, 2004, Pages 1430-1432

  Bowcock, Stella J ^a   Shee, Charles D ^a   Rassam, Saad M B ^a   Harper, Peter G ^b  

^a Queen Mary's Sidcup NHS Trust   (United Kingdom)

^b ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBOPLATIN; CYTARABINE; DAUNORUBICIN;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ADULT; AGED; BLOOD TOXICITY; CANCER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; OVARY CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SIDE EFFECT;

EID: 2942709736     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.328.7453.1430     Document Type: Review

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